THE GOLDEN RING OF RUSSIA
IVANOVO
 Ivanovo is located on the banks of the Volga River, 300 km north-east of Moscow.
The first settlement was founded in the 16th century. The peasants there
engaged in woodcarving, preparing dye-stuff and weaving flax linen. Flax weaving
was the key trade.
In the middle of the 18th century Ivanovo became the center of the country's
textile industry, the so-called "cotton empire". Ivanovo cotton fabrics were in great demand not only all over Russia, but
also abroad in Britain, Persia and other countries.
SIGHTS OF INTEREST
- Wonderful architectural monuments such as the wooden Assumption Church and
Shudrov Tent - an example of industrial design - have been preserved to this day.
- Visitors can see the local Art Museum, featuring 18,000 exhibits including
old Russian icons and Palekh miniature paintings, as well as go to the memorial museum of artist Boris Prorokov.
- On out-of-town excursions one can get acquainted with the State Museum of Applied Arts or visit
Palekh which is 65 km from Ivanovo.
- In Palekh, tourists will see the Church of Exaltation of the Cross, icon
painting of the 14th - 19th centuries, the Memorial Museum of Ivan Golikov (the
founder of modern Palekh lacquer painting) and exhibits at the Museum of Lacquer Miniatures.
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